Python Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 28 22
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 349 284 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.39% 7.89% 6.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.25% 37.72% 26.70%
Number of salaries quoted 213 116 238
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,703 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,283 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +0.51% -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,019 753 1,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.74% 20.91% 25.96%
Number of salaries quoted 779 447 1,079
10th Percentile £37,250 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,760 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.33%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire +4 143 £60,000 -4.00% 52
Berkshire +12 131 £60,000 +26.32% 50
Buckinghamshire -2 75 £53,750 -20.37% 20
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.72%) Confluence
3 3 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.57%) WordPress
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
Applications
1 53 (15.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.43%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.86%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.86%) Simulink
3 3 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.29%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.86%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 162 (46.42%) Azure
2 123 (35.24%) AWS
3 63 (18.05%) Azure AI
4 62 (17.77%) Power Platform
5 31 (8.88%) GCP
6 26 (7.45%) GitHub
7 20 (5.73%) Azure Sentinel
8 18 (5.16%) Amazon EKS
9 15 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (4.30%) Serverless
10 14 (4.01%) OpenShift
11 13 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (3.72%) Cloudflare
12 8 (2.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (2.29%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.72%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.89%) Firewall
2 30 (8.60%) DNS
3 16 (4.58%) VPN
4 13 (3.72%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.87%) DHCP
6 9 (2.58%) Wireless
7 8 (2.29%) SSL
8 7 (2.01%) HTTP
8 7 (2.01%) VLAN
9 6 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (1.43%) MQTT
11 3 (0.86%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.57%) Internet
13 1 (0.29%) Broadband
13 1 (0.29%) DNSSEC
13 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.29%) Network Security
13 1 (0.29%) SMTP
13 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (16.91%) Power BI
2 46 (13.18%) Tableau
3 26 (7.45%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (4.01%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.29%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.01%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.72%) Airbyte
7 6 (1.72%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.15%) MySQL
10 3 (0.86%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.86%) Redis
11 2 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.57%) GIS
11 2 (0.57%) Metadata
11 2 (0.57%) QGIS
11 2 (0.57%) Spotfire
11 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 45 (12.89%) Git
2 26 (7.45%) GitLab
3 19 (5.44%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.30%) JIRA
5 8 (2.29%) JUnit
5 8 (2.29%) LabVIEW
6 7 (2.01%) JMeter
6 7 (2.01%) Mockito
7 6 (1.72%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.43%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.15%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.86%) PetaLinux
10 3 (0.86%) Polyspace
10 3 (0.86%) VectorCAST
11 2 (0.57%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.57%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.57%) Mocha
11 2 (0.57%) Selenium
12 1 (0.29%) Subversion
12 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 152 (43.55%) Social Skills
2 52 (14.90%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (10.32%) Manufacturing
4 26 (7.45%) Finance
5 15 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (4.01%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.15%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.87%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.87%) Electronics
8 10 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.01%) Health Technology
9 7 (2.01%) Retail
10 6 (1.72%) Automotive
10 6 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.15%) Banking
11 4 (1.15%) Games
12 3 (0.86%) Law
12 3 (0.86%) Legal
12 3 (0.86%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (0.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 86 (24.64%) Software Engineer
2 74 (21.20%) Python Engineer
3 70 (20.06%) Analyst
4 58 (16.62%) Python Software Engineer
5 52 (14.90%) Data Analyst
6 46 (13.18%) Senior
7 43 (12.32%) Junior
8 42 (12.03%) Junior Analyst
8 42 (12.03%) Junior Data Analyst
9 38 (10.89%) C++ Software Engineer
10 31 (8.88%) Developer
11 29 (8.31%) C# Software Engineer
12 25 (7.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 24 (6.88%) Network Engineer
14 23 (6.59%) Data Engineer
15 20 (5.73%) AWS Engineer
16 18 (5.16%) Automation Engineer
16 18 (5.16%) AWS Software Engineer
17 16 (4.58%) Java Engineer
18 14 (4.01%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.31%) React
1 29 (8.31%) REST
2 25 (7.16%) JSON
3 18 (5.16%) Django
4 14 (4.01%) HTML
4 14 (4.01%) YAML
5 13 (3.72%) XML
6 12 (3.44%) NumPy
6 12 (3.44%) Pandas
7 10 (2.87%) Jinja
7 10 (2.87%) Web Services
8 8 (2.29%) Node.js
8 8 (2.29%) Spring
8 8 (2.29%) Spring Boot
8 8 (2.29%) Vue
9 7 (2.01%) ActiveMQ
9 7 (2.01%) Apache Camel
9 7 (2.01%) CSS
9 7 (2.01%) Hibernate
9 7 (2.01%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.02%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (7.45%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (5.44%) Distributed Computing
4 15 (4.30%) Algorithms
5 14 (4.01%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.01%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (3.72%) Life Science
7 10 (2.87%) Client/Server
7 10 (2.87%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.58%) Embedded Systems
8 9 (2.58%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.29%) Cyber Defence
9 8 (2.29%) Fibre Optics
9 8 (2.29%) Hackathon
9 8 (2.29%) PKI
9 8 (2.29%) Security Posture
10 7 (2.01%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.72%) CCTV
11 6 (1.72%) IoT
11 6 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 78 (22.35%) Linux
2 29 (8.31%) Windows
3 6 (1.72%) Unix
4 4 (1.15%) Debian
5 3 (0.86%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.86%) Gentoo
5 3 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (35.24%) AI
2 102 (29.23%) Software Engineering
3 89 (25.50%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (24.36%) CI/CD
5 71 (20.34%) Agile
5 71 (20.34%) Business Intelligence
6 55 (15.76%) DevOps
7 42 (12.03%) Analytics
7 42 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (11.75%) Computer Science
8 41 (11.75%) Containerisation
9 39 (11.17%) Test Automation
10 37 (10.60%) Machine Learning
11 36 (10.32%) Data Modelling
12 31 (8.88%) Infrastructure as Code
13 29 (8.31%) Full-Stack Development
13 29 (8.31%) Microservices
13 29 (8.31%) SIEM
14 26 (7.45%) Mentoring
15 25 (7.16%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 98 (28.08%) SQL
2 69 (19.77%) C++
3 51 (14.61%) C#
4 48 (13.75%) JavaScript
5 41 (11.75%) PowerShell
6 37 (10.60%) Java
7 33 (9.46%) TypeScript
8 31 (8.88%) Bash
9 18 (5.16%) C
10 15 (4.30%) Rust
11 11 (3.15%) MATLAB
12 10 (2.87%) Shell Script
13 8 (2.29%) Go
14 6 (1.72%) Apex Code
14 6 (1.72%) Groovy
14 6 (1.72%) VBA
15 5 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (1.15%) Perl
16 4 (1.15%) R
16 4 (1.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 84 (24.07%) Degree
2 64 (18.34%) Azure Certification
3 54 (15.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (10.32%) Security Cleared
5 31 (8.88%) SC Cleared
6 27 (7.74%) Master's Degree
7 15 (4.30%) PhD
8 13 (3.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (2.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.72%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (1.43%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.43%) GCIA
11 5 (1.43%) GIAC
12 4 (1.15%) CCNA CyberOps
12 4 (1.15%) CEH
12 4 (1.15%) CISSP
13 3 (0.86%) ACCA
13 3 (0.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.86%) CIMA
13 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.46%) QA
2 17 (4.87%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.72%) GDPR
5 5 (1.43%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.86%) ECSS
6 3 (0.86%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.86%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.57%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.57%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) MISRA
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (12.89%) Docker
2 29 (8.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (8.02%) Hyper-V
4 20 (5.73%) KVM
5 17 (4.87%) Active Directory
6 6 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.72%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (12.32%) Kubernetes
2 27 (7.74%) Terraform
3 14 (4.01%) Graylog
4 13 (3.72%) Ansible
5 9 (2.58%) Grafana
5 9 (2.58%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.58%) Proxmox
6 8 (2.29%) Kibana
6 8 (2.29%) ZABBIX
7 6 (1.72%) Argo
8 4 (1.15%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.15%) Packer
8 4 (1.15%) Podman
9 3 (0.86%) Istio
10 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 95 (27.22%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.31%) VMware
3 14 (4.01%) Cisco
3 14 (4.01%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.87%) Splunk
5 9 (2.58%) Databricks
6 8 (2.29%) IBM
6 8 (2.29%) Oracle
6 8 (2.29%) Veeam
7 7 (2.01%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.01%) SAP
8 6 (1.72%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.43%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (1.43%) F5
9 5 (1.43%) Juniper
9 5 (1.43%) New Relic
9 5 (1.43%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.15%) Google
10 4 (1.15%) Xilinx